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The Monkey Ancient Sandaime Hokage summons by means of a blood pact. A war veteran and a powerhouse, he was always to be found as Sandaime's right hand man, together with him on the battlefield, shapeshifted into the expandable Kongou Bou**. His fighting strength and the brilliance of his combat experience leave no leeway to imitators.
Enma's connection with Sandaime is built on deep and cordial trust, enough for him to bluntly offer his advice on occasion. Rather than master-servant their relationship should be depicted as that of a unique couple of brother-in-arms. As he was involved even in Sandaime's fate with Orochimaru, he has a profound understanding of his heart's suffering.

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-The Monkey Ancient who travelled across a world of extreme chaos and conflicts alongside Sandaime!!

-That ain't like you... What's going on?

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-He understands the pain of Sandaime, who was unable to stop Orochimaru when he was starting to develop his inhuman, amoral techniques.

-Sandaime fell protecting Konoha from Orochimaru's evil schemes. Enma took care of the one who'd been his brother-in-arms for so long in his last moments.

*Enma (Ape Demon), King of Apes.
**"Bou" simply means "staff". "Kongou" translates as "adamantine", "diamond", but is also a reference to "Vajra", Indra's indestructible weapon. Indra is an Hindu god. As usual, please refer to Wikipedia and Onmark Productions for better info.

If Fugaku was the pivotal part of a stern and rigid household, Mikoto was the gentle one who would constantly watch over its members. The tender look she would cast upon her husband and her two sons alike was a source of tranquility and affection. Her family was one she could be proud of, and her wish for it was one of happiness. Not as an Uchiha, but as a mother.

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-Your dad is always concerned about the two of you

-In her eyes dwells the soft and warm heart of one who watches over her family

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-She is unwaveringly suave and affectionate. But on her face, one can catch glimpses of more serious matters. For she is aware of her husband's position as the clan's representative. A grave duty that comes with grave concerns...

A portion of the injured party's body is used as a medium, its cells converted to regenerate the missing section. Controlling the chakra into matching the proportion of cells is extremely hard, so the treatment requires extended periods of time.

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-In the center of the formation, a returned life burns anew. A miraculous medical ninjutsu!!

-Her eyes are scintillating intensely!

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-As an agglomeration of cells, even hair is a useful medium.

-An intensive care unit for a single person, positioned methodically (tn: The sentence was confusing to me. I cannot guarantee its accuracy). Teamwork between the casters is more important than anything else for a successful treatment.

-Filling up the missing section with new cells.

-Minute and delicate technique are necessary. The success rate of this treatment is not exactly high...

Since Gamabunta was poor at Henge no jutsu, this is an application technique where Naruto performed the seals and activated it in his stead. Making use of Gamabunta's enormous chakra, a monstrous transformation* Naruto wouldn't have been able to do on his own was made possible. The gist of this technique is for the two casters to breathe in unison. Because of this, Gamabunta and Naruto's oyabun to kobun** relationship should make for an astonishing jutsu.

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-The student and teacher bond of those who have exchanged their sakazuki**! Shapeshifting has turned them into the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox?!

-The sharp fangs and claws that make Heaven and Earth tremble!!

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-Naruto is the one who decided what to shapeshift into when performing the seals.

*Depending on the context, the word used here for "transformation" can convey a meaning that whatever happens is not pretty.
**Oyabun and kobun are yakuza ranks, respectively "godfather" and "godson". The admission ceremony when a new godson joins the family involves an exchange of small sake cups called "sakazuki".

A half-spherical kekkai prison made of earth, causing a protuberance onto the ground!! Its walls have copious amounts of chakra spread across their entire surface, which means the occasional damage done to them may be repaired in a matter of seconds.
But the one thing that make s this technique truly dreadful is that the caster can absorb the chakra of those trapped within. Their strength gone, they aren't even in any shape to put up a fight...

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-The nigh-inescapable kekkai that consumes the vitality of those it ensnares!!

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-Trapping his prey into the earthen walls, Jiroubo devours their chakra...! A situation much like that of a stomach digesting food and absorbing the nutrients.

*"Dorou" is a actual word, which translates as "dungeon". The Kanji used for it may be read as "earthen cell". "Doumu" is not a 100% made up word. It's reminiscent of the English for "dome". The author merely picked up a couple of Kanji that looked like the part. "The "dou" in "doumu" was used as a prefix in buildings names, and meant "magnificent". The "mu" stands for "nothingness".
Hence the somewhat arbitrary translation I submitted here.
A similar process was used for Killer Bee's Lariat/Rariatto, for example.

A jutsu to obtain everlasting life by repeatedly transferring one's psyche into someone else's body. Orochimaru completed it after long years of human experimentation. Originally, techniques that involve perpetual youth and longevity are forbidden, but Orochimaru uses this jutsu, sacrificing a great many precious lives as a payment, simply for the sake of his ambition. That said, in the span of a few years after the jutsu has been used, it becomes impossible to naturally pass on** to the next body.

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-A shady and tenebrous kinjutsu violating the laws of all creation. He aims for a perpetually young and undying shell***!!

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-This young person is also one of Orochimaru's victims... The minds of those turned into containers by Orochimaru's reincarnation will vanish.

*I think Killer Bee is actually the author's idealized version of himself, what with all the Kanji-swapping and puns and everything. Written normally, "fushi" means "undying". Except in this case, "shi" means "corpse" instead of "death".
**Kanji-Swapping no jutsu, activate!... Again... Now we have a play on the words "natural occurrence" and "reincarnation". Both are pronounced as "tensei".
***Kanji-Swa... oh, whatever. Replace "karada" 体 ("body") with 躯 "karada ("dead body") and you get your pun.

A kind of Fuuinjutsu (Sealing jutsu) that involves sealing a jutsu's effects within a specific location. As it is tailored for Katon jutsu, it requires a caster well-versed in the exacting art of "Sealing Formulas", as well as in ninjutsu.
Once the sealing is performed, the jutsu's effects cannot be released anew as long as a Kaiinjutsu (Unsealing jutsu) is not applied. An effective jutsu to circumvent any secondary damage a dangerous technique might cause.

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-Exploding flames from a jet-black, eerie conflagration. All sealed fast* and disposed of!!

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-The jutsu-sealing space in the scroll is left blank, for the formula to be inscribed in with a brush.

-Even Amaterasu is entrapped in the blink of an eye!!

-The flames are sucked in towards the scroll, and the appearance of the "Sealing" character certifies the technique's completion.

One in a series of Fuuinjutsu used to take Sasuke to the Cursed Seal's Stage 2. Sakon performed it in order to bind the Shikoku Mujin (Four Ramparts of Black Mist) into the coffin, the Sealing Formula on the five talisman sheets written in his blood.

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-Black Mist, sealed behind the talismans' bloody red letters...!!

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-Sakon has the high skill in Fuuinjutsu that only Orochimaru's bodyguards can claim.

-Even with Byakugan, it's impossible to see through the talisman-protected kekkai*. A tenebrous seal indeed.

A jutsu from Gaara, when metamorphosed into Shukaku of the Sand. He inhales air with the mouths on his face and all over his body, and blows it out along with a chakra-coated sand cloud!! The terrifyingly powerful squall covers a large angle in a stream sufficient to knock trees down, and the physical damage from the sand defies the imagination!!

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-The blast from an entire sand cloud blown out in one go!!

-A dreadful gust of wind!!

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-Gaara's body swells up from the large quantity of air he has inhaled.

-An all-out eruption aimed at the enemy! Because of the large scale of attack, this jutsu is extremely efficient even against multiple enemies.

A jutsu peculiar to Shukaku of the Sand in his full-fledged form. He pounds onto his belly to apply external pressure, the power of which he uses to shoot a high-compression air ball from his mouth! The expelled air cannonball is mighty enough to hollow out the ground. To top it all, because of the large quantity of chakra kneaded into it, it explodes the moment it reaches its target, dealing an enormous amount of damage!!

A jutsu only a Toad can use, by employing its characteristic bodily features. Its strong hips and legs give birth to an uncommonly precise leap, with which it slices at its target! Since the interval is covered in the blink of an eye, the opponent can't even try to escape. This is an ultra-fast taijutsu attack that goes well beyond the impossible.

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-He commits his heart and soul in the cleaving assault brought forth by his leaping strength!!

-That's how real men go about a frontal slash!!

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-Even from a remote location, he immediately engages in close combat. He can even attack the opponent effectively, catching them off guard!

-Thanks to his miraculous leaping strength, he can split anyone apart. He lopped off Shukaku's right arm when he fought against him!!

Man and beast transform into a single bicephalous, gigantic animal thanks to Jinjuu Combi-Henge: Soutourou**, and have their body spin in a violent assault against the enemy...!! The excessively high speed of the rotation strips the caster of their field of vision, but marking the enemy beforehand makes it possible to tail them with the sense of smell! This is a jutsu from the Inuzuka-style repertoire, enabled by a combination with Akamaru and the Gijuu Ninpou (Mimicking Beast Ninja Art).

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-Grazed flesh and blood fly about, mangled and torn! This is the feral, gigantic Bicephalous Wolf**!!

-A full-bodied ultra-spinning!!

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-The preparations are complete once the enemy is marked by the smell of Akamaru's Dynamic Marking***! They shapeshift into the two-headed wolf and attack!!

-The Two-Headed Wolf's** ultra-violent rotation creates a vacuum vortex in its surroundings, that tears the enemy apart even without touching them directly!!

The ground breaks, and catches the enemy into a maelstrom of sand. The swallowed enemy sinks up to two hundred meters underground, while completely unable to move a muscle. Then, the sand glued onto their limbs applies pressure on their whole body, so they can't even twitch a finger when they are sent back to their Maker...

A jutsu introduced by Jiraiya against Orochimaru. This is a tecnique where he clads himself in a countless number of sharp needles, but in truth, those spikes are Jiraiya's hair! Attaining his body itself inside of the chakra-hardened pincushion is nearly unfeasible. In addition, if activated in response to an opponent's attack, it can also be used as a counter!!

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-A highly uncommon mantle of spikes that keeps everyone at bay!!

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-Chakra grants the strands of hair the hardness and shape of needles. Endowed with a capacity to injure and kill on par with that of metallic weapons, they pierced Orochimaru's foot all the way through!!

*"Jizou"="Boddhisatva protector of children, travelers and the underworld". Look up that word as well as "Ksitigarbha" for more info. I recommend Onmark Productions, as usual.

An additional ninjutsu where one puts chakra into a blade such as a kunai or a sword, thus augmenting its power to harm and kill! The materialized chakra becomes part of the blade, promptly cleaving and slicing what it touches! In addition, it's also possible to alter the weapon's attack range by regulating the amount of chakra put into it. Ascertaining its position and tracks is a nigh-unfeasible deed.

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-Keeping track of the luminous blades as they extend and retract is painfully hard!!

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-High enough in density to become visible, the chakra strengthens the weapons and becomes a blade in its own right!!

-Asuma infuses his brass knuckles - his weapons of choice - with this jutsu and goes into battle.

*Swallows are characterized by their forked tails, long, pointed wings and (at least according to my dictionary) "their swiftness and the gracefulness of their flight".

One anticipates the spot the enemy will attack and preemptively applies medical treatment to it, reducing damage to a minimum. Even more than accurately predicting the attack or instantly weighing the situation, a great resilience is necessary, so one might say this technique is exclusive to Kabuto.

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-Restoration in anticipation of the attack, negating injuries!!

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-He's counterbalanced an attack in which the enemy'd put all his might: is it only to coax them into forfeiting their fighting spirit already...?

-His opponent's facial expression and movements, the technique's speed and power... He analyzes everything in an instant and accurately deduces where the attack will land.

This combined shapeshifting where man and beast become a single entity is a specialty of the Inuzuka clan, a clan that has been walking side by side with Ninja Dogs for generations. They coalesce into a bicephalous wolf, thus drastically increasing their power. In their direct attacks, they demonstrate great efficiency. Furthermore, using jutsu in addition to this gives birth to an extraordinary power of destruction.

A more battle-oriented jutsu developed from House Nara's arcane, Kage Mane**. The shadow is endowed with physical strength, and by transforming it and setting it in motion, one can deal direct damage to the enemy. The most efficient way to do so is strangulation, hence the name.

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-Strange shadows shaped after hands. They bind themselves around the neck and steal life away!!

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-The shorter the distance towards the target, the stronger the shadow gets.

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The basic application of House Nara's hijutsu (arcane art) is capture and restraint of the enemy, but it will prove efficient in many ways depending on how it is employed. The size of the area covered by the shadows cannot be changed. In regards with that limitation, this is by far the best jutsu in the set as far as successful use of said shadows' particularities is concerned.

Transformation
The shadow can be transformed. Utilizing that particularity, the caster can turn their shadow into a string-like shape, thus expanding its hitting range. It can also be ramified to attack multiple enemies.

Enlargement
If the sources of light themselves can be controlled, it's also possible to alter the surface covered by the shadow. A good grasp of the sun's location or even an artificial source of light will prove instrumental.

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-A battle between "potentiality" and "limitations".

-A large variety of shadow arts!

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-With Kage Kubi Shibari, the shadows can be stretched thin enough to attack even [bodily] sections such as a finger.

A combination jutsu that uses a Katon (Fire Release) jutsu and oil from a Toad. Gamabunta lashes out a spray of Toad oil with his uncommon lung capacity, and Jiraiya pours flames into it for an augmentation in power and range of effectiveness alike. This jutsu is possible because of the very existence of Giant Toads like Gamabunta.

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-A stylishly Gallant hellfire combo jutsu!!

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-Upon signal, execution is immediate. This demands mental and physical harmony between them.

-That's what adding fuel to the fire is about!* A splendid concept gives birth to boundless efficiency!!

The kneaded chakra flames are manipulated into a genuine-looking, fulminating dragon!! Since the art of having the flames obey the caster's will is outrageously difficult, its mastery is restricted to a limited number of skillful shinobi! The spat out flames are divided to launch a left side, right side, and frontal assault in all three directions at once, turning the enemy into ash in a matter of seconds.

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-The intensely raging blazes destroy the enemy in the blink of an eye!

-Dancing like a dragon, the wondrous flames assault violently!

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-Even among the jutsu mastered by Sandaime, this one has an outstandingly great power he is proud of. Upon performing the hand seals, even his facial expression brims with power.

-Contrary to a Hulking Fireball* that spreads to cover a large area in flames, it is more appropriate to brand it a Flaming Bullet. That's the reason why it is Sandaime's jutsu.

Capturing her is impossible already! Because she is a boneless mollusk, she has a fantastical ability to transform at will, that of deciding to divide her whole body or to reunite it. All physical attacks are nullified before this technique. No matter how violent the strike, it won't amount to more than a fruitless attempt. The enemy will just exhaust themselves accordingly and eventually fall to the ground.

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-Her mollusk's body, which has no part that can be grasped, brings forth a full-body division!

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-She avoids the attacks by dividing her whole body. And she did so with ease, even against Manda, Orochimaru's summoned Great Snake's firm and tight grip.

*"Katsuyu" is just a custom reading for "namekuji", which translates as "slug".

An assassination technique that Ukon*, Sakon's older twin brother can only use in his Stage 2! With the power of chakra, he disassembles his body down to a cellular, and even proteinic level, and enters the enemy's flesh...! This cruel jutsu gradually corrodes the inner bodily cells of those he merges with, and death ensues.

A genjutsu which exerts an hallucinatory effect upon the eyesight, stealing all light away. A world of darkness, as if a thick, jet-black curtain had been dropped. No matter how skilled someone is, they have no option besides turning into sitting ducks...

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-Everything falls into a tenebrous hellhole! Inside the cruel obscurity, there is no room for countermeasures!!

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-The unfathomable, everlasting darkness is enough for Sandaime to call it "dangerous"... Even Sandaime is unable to get a clue, and gets showered in blows...

By the looks of it, the technique doesn't simply create darkness: it downright blindfolds you. So you have to dispel it (assuming you can) if you want to be able to see again.
*Arbitrary translation.

A peculiar technique of partial invocation that summons only an organ: the esophagus of the Great Toad from Myoubokuzan's rock dwelling, sending the enemy into his stomach...!! If activated inside a building or a cave, this trick can ensnare the enemy without them realizing it! In this interior, even the foothold is unreliable, the enemy finds themselves in a tight spot, having a hard time performing at their usual level of skill, and unable to find a proper response...

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-An inescapable otherworldly space

-A threatening summon! The way down the belly of the Toad.

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-Highly flexible and adhesive, the inside of the esophagus won't even allow liberty of movement.

-In time, the walls of flesh close in and envelop the enemy, dooming them to go inside the stomach where they will be digested (tn: Man, that's sick!).

A Summoning jutsu the siblings Sakon and Ukon performed simultaneously. The door's tightly shut entrance totally forbids intrusion, and boasts a solidity that completely intercepts the enemy's physical attacks! This jutsu was initially something Orochimaru used for self-defense. He would call upon it at a moment's notice, which also enabled him to retaliate in accordance with his foe's offensive!!

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-The imposing, most powerful defensive Gate!!

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-The demonic features on the battlefield stop the enemy in their tracks! This bloodthirsty appearance begets an implacable tenacity: no one shall pass.

*The name of a gate in ancient Kyoto. Also a movie by Akira Kurosawa.
**修羅 ("shura") means "scene of battle". But the text makes it clear this should be interpreted as a reference to Ashura (a war demon) as well.

A destructive dive that takes full advantage of a giant Toad's bodily mass! The strength of the fall varies depending on the caster. In the case of someone like Jiraiya from the Sannin, the summon can be performed in an instant right above the target, further adding the great gravitational force of a good several hundred meters high dive to the Toad's own weight!!

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-All strategies are meaningless! Such is the incomparably hard pressure of the Toad's abdomen!!

-The groundbreaking fall of the giant Toad!

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-The earth-crawling python is efficiently attacked from above! Caught into the fall of the giant Toad, it cannot perform any technique, in spite of its characteristically sharp spirit...

The Sword of Kusanagi has been summoned by Orochimaru from inside himself. He controls it as he pleases with this jutsu specific to him. It boasts a sharpness sufficient to compel a cry of hurt out of Enma, who possesses a diamond-hard body...!! When the Sword of Kusanagi flies into the air, everything that stands before its edge is prey to be hacked and slashed and murdered, their blood soaking the blade in an unsettling fashion.

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-Kusanagi jumps into the air and hacks away of its own accord in a deadly sword dance!!

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-Orochimaru doesn't have the Kusanagi on him, but it's under his control nonetheless! The legendary blade courses left and right into the air, following his finger movements.!!

One of the genjutsu that have been passed along since ancient times in Konoha. One is completely robbed of their mobility as they see the mirage of a tree coiling itself around them! Given that the subject remains conscious, this jutsu proves extremely efficient for information-gathering.

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-Ensnared and captured. Such is the nefarious influence of the dire tree!!

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-The illusory tree entwines itself around the subject!!

-Attacking once the target is immobile, stripping away their life is but another way in which Jubaku Satsu may be used.

"Jubaku" means "spell" or "curse" when written with the proper Kanji. I crafted the word "woodbound" after "spellbound" to somewhat reflect that.

One decrypts a genjutsu that has been applied onto them, and casts back a jutsu with identical effects onto the opponent!! It's a form of illusion reversal, but in order to instantly read through a jutsu and cast it in return, the Sharingan's power is necessary. As genjutsu is initially used to confuse the enemy, this technique which sends it right back to its caster deals a high amount of mental damage, more than anything else. Every half-baked genjutsu will fall prey to the mirror that is Sharingan!!

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-The mechanics of a false image is duplicated by these eyes, its effects largely turned back onto the enemy!!

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-Conditions such as the presence or not of a Kekkei Genkai and the relative strength of both casters play a great part when operating this jutsu.

Tayuya manipulates three Angry Demons with the sound of her flute. Her releasing of the materialized spirits - which is to say the special chakra sealed inside of those Demons - marks the start of the grand finale, a feast: the Riot of the Poltergeist... The materialized spirits are composed almost only of mental energy, so the chakra is in an unstable state. Therefore, they are starved for physical energy, search for it and gnash at it greedily...! There is no choice: the prey engaged in this endless pursuit perishes in the unsightly, frantic choregraphy.

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-The battle's grand finale is a fiendish dance. The dead souls seek out life in a savage ballet.

-The floating onslaught of the craving apparitions!!

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-Wielded through the intonations of the Demonic Flute, they devour physical energy...!!

The culmination of the Sharingan that makes the Uchiha clan so special! Eye techniques holding the utmost potency even above both the insight and hypnosis, such as Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu become possible. Assuredly, Mangekyou Sharingan is the ultimate doujutsu*.
It appears these heavenly eyes** have further special powers that are yet to be clarified, but just what those could be about (is unknown)......

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-The extreme clairvoyance of those heavenly eyes, gazing down upon past, present and future is the reason why they are feared as the strongest (tn: not 100% sure I got this one right).

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-Perhaps because of the absolutely small numbers of people who have awakened to it, its powers are still a vast and unexplored territory.

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Not a lot of people got their hands onto Mangekyou Sharingan in the past, moreover it is said its awakening can only be achieved under certain circumstances. The peculiar condition for its unlocking... is to murder one's closest friend!! It was a taboo ability only those who chose the path of bloodshed could acquire.

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-A causality drenched in blood

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-Sacrificing his friend, Itachi obtained a forbidden power. What about Sasuke, exactly...?!

*Please remember at the time this was written, Rinnegan hadn't been introduced yet.
**天眼, or "tengan" can mean heavenly eyes, clairvoyance, or describe that freaky thing the eyes do when someone suffers from convulsions.

One of the genjutsu that rely on the sound of the flute. Whoever hears it will be assailed by the vivid sensation that their limbs have been fastened with sturdy ropes, thus becoming unable to move about freely. At the same time, they are fed morbid hallucinations, which makes it also possible to run them down mentally. Given that the means of transmission is sound-based, it has a large range of effectiveness, on top of which it can be applied even without knowledge of the enemy's position, which makes for an exceedingly convenient jutsu.

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-The sound of the flute beckons hellish captivity. Restraining the limbs and taking all freedom away!!

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-Arms and legs restrained, in addition to which a genjutsu despoils one of any peace of mind!!

-Even without physical intervention from an outside force, the body is robbed of all mobility, and consciousness itself progressively fades away...

*The "sa" bit in "onsa" is a pun on "tuning fork" and the Kanji for "chains". As it stands for both "hook" and "musical note", the word "crotchet" is the best I could do to convey that in English.

This is one ninja escape technique among others. One controls how light is reflected around their body with chakra inflections. Donning such an "escape gear", one might as well not be there at all. Perceiving the caster's position is impossible with normal eyes, and only Sharingan, Byakugan and the like can see through it.

A technique developed by Shodai Hokage, founder of the Hidden Leaf village, and a surrealist Mokuton ninjutsu so excessively difficult no one besides the man himself has ever acquired it. By generating chakra, he maneuvers it as he sees fit for attack and defense; and furthermore, this omnipotent jutsu even allows him to capture the enemy at the same time. Even stating the Hidden Leaf village wouldn't have been established without this jutsu wouldn't be an exaggeration.

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-The furious, boundless realm of vegetation* appears, splitting the earth apart!! Those who set foot into it can forget about escaping!!

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-With their tremendous life force, the trees pierce through the wall of mud, and extend their branches at their prey in an instant!!

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There are multiple categories of ninjutsu, such as Suiton and Doton, but essentially, whether those techniques may or may not be activated is influenced by the terrain, and using Suiton someplace where there is no water is nearly impossible. Only shinobi with Hokage-class levels of mastery may free themselves from this law of Nature.

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-A Hokage's ninjutsu stand on a whole other level

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-This hijutsu is a legend among legends. There's no one in Konoha who doesn't know about it.

*Written normally, "Jukai"="broad expanse of dense woodland". The spelling was altered to add the "realm" meaning. "Koutan" means "Nativity", or refers to birth in a royal lineage.

A secret technique exclusive to the Aburame clan, where thousands, even myriads of insects are gathered in one place and pattern themselves after the caster's silhouette...! Seeing as it's elaborate enough to be mistaken for the original, it may be used as a decoy, or as part of a diversionary tactic. Furthermore, since one can put the insects in standby someplace beforehand, then have them assume the form of the clone, this jutsu is arguably even more effective than Kage Bunshin, depending on the task.

From the sand he is himself carrying, he grinds the rocks and minerals from underground into an homogenous sea of sand and manipulates it like a tsunami that engulfs absolutely all things in his line of sight!! This jutsu is for no one except Gaara, who lives up to his "Of the Desert*" namesake. This raging sea deals a lot of damage by itself, but one can further take advantage of the sand for a second and a third consecutive assault! That sublime succession of sand attacks has this jutsu as its starting point!!

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-Causing the atmosphere to quake and the ground to rumble, the surging sea of sand swallows everything whole.

-Raging waves, surging billows.

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-"As long as I have sand... I can do anything." True to his word, he displays a jutsu well beyond the imaginable!!

-The billow of sand engulfs the enemy and a large portion of the landscape altogether, creating a vast sandy wasteland.

*"Ryuusa"="quicksand". Add a little pun on "sabaku", and you turn the "desert" into a "cascade of sand". So Gaara is actually "Gaara of the Desert's Cascading Sand".

"With sand around, the word impossible doesn't exist", says Gaara. During combat, he's thought up multiple offensive and auxiliary methods to use it with. Sabaku Fuyuu is one among those; a trick where he uses the sand to support his own weight and float in midair.

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-A liberal sand manipulation technique to float in the air!!

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-Countless blades are assaulting from underground! Above ground, no place to run to...!!

-On top of the sand that is held in suspension with chakra. There is only one way out, and Gaara comes up with it.

A specialty from Gaara of the Desert, a jutsu where he makes the land a stage for his representation. Sabaku Taisou is identical to Sabaku Kyuu (Desert's Binding Sand Coffin**) in that the stream [of sand] captures and grinds. But as far as scale goes, this is a totally different league. Kimimaro held his own against a single attack, but multiple obliterations are where this technique shines.

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-The prey is swallowed by a cascading stream and squeezed to death by the sandy landscape!!!!

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-Completely trapped he is by Ryuusa Bakuryuu's tidal wave. Deprived of all means of escaping, he is crushed...!!

*"Taisou"="imperial funeral". And naturally, since things are never that simple with Kishi, the spelling of the word "sabaku" has been fiddled with (cf. DB 2: Ryuusa Bakuryuu).
**I trust I don't need to explain what happened...

A sand shield created out of a concentration of the extremely hard materials that rest underground. Those materials are selected at a moment's notice thanks to chakra control, and after compression is applied, they are mixed together. The name of Shukaku, the Avatar of the Sand, is appropriate for such great defensive power...

Preternatural, the countless bones rise from underground as so many claws from a dragon or some such fantastic beast! Contrarily to what the mildness of the name implies, for a jutsu, it's an incredibly brutal one.
For it indiscriminately slaughters whoever stands on the ground's surface, down to the last man...

The blades of bone can be as many as thousands, up to the tens of thousands. Furthermore, if this fails to bring down his foe, Kimimaro has become one with the bones, which in turn lets him have said enemy's back. Then, he may strike the one last blow...

A Kekkei Genkai ability of the Kaguya clan. Whoever has it may cause a virtually limitless amount of deadly power to burst forth from their body. Namely, the power of bones. Bones that change form and density at the user's discretion as they are generated, turning into weapons such as the world has never seen.

Cutting, carving, piercing, and stabbing. The osseous blades seek blood voraciously, in addition to which their numbers are limitless. As long as it doesn't tire, the body may supply this power indefinitely.

Colored by the user's aptitude for battle, the dangerous bone weapons become omnipotent, growing into the most powerful of arsenals! In short this ability, the "possibility to generate all manners of armament out of bones" holds the potential to crush down any defense.

Furthermore, using such particular features as shape and hardness alteration will make it an impregnable fortress when employed defensively. For a shinobi, the power of changing shape at will according to one's goals or to account for whatever transpires during battle, generating an infinity of ways to attack with: indeed, the power to dominate battle itself is a dream and an art form that radiates with the shine of supremacy.
Wherever Gods' Chosen, those who have embraced their gift for slaughter are found... the battlefied is always tainted red with blood.

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-The blades issued from the bone pulse create heaps of dead bodies!

-Holder of a talent that has slaughter as its one and only purpose.

-A flawless offense and defense! A deathly art that fascinates even the Devil himself.

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-The ability to manipulate osteoblasts and osteoclats,* and regulate calcium density. Thanks to this, it is possible to shape the bones to take on multiple characteristics.

-Kimimaro sublimated his power into the 5 dances. Even the great Orochimaru was in craving admiration before this gift and wished to make him his "vessel"...

-A defensive power that can endure the pressure of Gaara's "Sand Funeral". Truly an omnipotent offense and defense.

-For it was the holder of this most powerful of abilities, the clan liked to do battle. Wiped out by war, was their fate in this woven yet again by a godly design...?

*Osteoblasts and osteoclasts are respectively the cells that create and resorb bone, thus regulating the amount of bone tissue.

A ninjutsu where one sends their chakra into the subject's nervous system, thus operating their body at will. The opponents this jutsu is cast upon are completely under control, their bodies disconnected from their will, their movements stolen from them. This ninjutsu, used by Inoichi is definitely different from the Shintenshin no jutsu* his daughter Ino employs.
The difference is, the caster is able to retain their consciousness. Thanks to this, one can mind the safety of their own body even during the course of the jutsu's activation. Situations of numerical superiority for the adversary are precisely where Shinranshin no jutsu - which freely manipulates human beings - will display its efficiency, by getting the enemies to kill one another.

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-Those captured are entwined in the coils of madness!

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-Control can be exerted even from a distance. This jutsu is arguably the most suitable to confuse the enemy.

*Oh, God! So many puns. So many different meanings. A real translator's nightmare. Somehow I managed.

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A shuriken jutsu that involves aiming a barrage of kunai at one precise spot. The caster releases chakra from his hand over an area within which he can maintain the kunai in suspension. As a result, the enemy may be blindsided and denied any escape route at the same time.

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An inescapable attack from several directions at once!!

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The kunai are slowly but steadily closing in! From there, death is the affair of one small, unexpected second.

A taijutsu where one pulls off irregular attacks and moves in ways unknown even to themselves, courtesy of being stiff drunk. The enemy is completely outwitted by those movements they can't read in advance, and they are thrown into confusion. Prone to drunken frenzies, Lee is a natural master of the Drunken Fist.

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-His tottering steps play a disorderly tempo! His next move he can't even read himself, so ask the booze, why dun'tcha?!

-This can't be the same guy!! (lit: Way too much of a change in personalities)

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-Lee's knack for Taijutsu coupled with his unforeseeable movements let him strike at the enemy off-guard, attacking and defending with unexpected motions.

-Just what's with those drunken frenzies even Guy can't handle?! The usually well-spoken Lee charges with the destructive power of an explosion!!

The meaning is 100% intact but I took some liberties with the vocabulary and tone, for humor's sake.

A technique to deal physical damage to the enemy with a liquid mass brought forth from underwater. Its power to kill and maim is augmented by adding a spinning motion to the compactly pressured water. During fights on water, taking advantage of its characteristic ability to attack from anywhere in a 360 degrees radius, in conjunction with other jutsu for distraction, confusion and so forth, this technique has an extensive array of applications.

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-Lightning-fast bullets gathered from water. They come out of a blind spot and gore the enemy!!

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-Depending on the methods of use, such as launching an attack from underfoot to avert the opponent's attention, the field of strategies will expand far and wide.

Enemy attacks are completely intercepted by a fence of water blew out and raised from below with tremendous might! For the water fence is blew out in such a way as to draw a circle, it makes for a defense without openings. It is also possible for the caster to control the amount of water and duration at will. Then again, since a wall's strength and resistance change following the quantity of chakra poured down into the water, a skillful shinobi will be able to build a sturdy one. Furthermore, because the field of vision is maintained even while defending one can easily go on to the next move, which is a great advantage.

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-A solid water fortress that erases the flames

-The violent and tumultuous waters change into a stable fence and thoroughly intercept the enemy's offensive!!

One kneads up chakra, converts it into Water, and then spits it out in the form of condensated balls...! Indeed, the high-speed waterball attack possesses just as much power to kill and main as an actual gunshot!! While this is a Suiton jutsu, it can still be employed someplace where no water is available, which is a great advantage. It's also possible to increase the power of destruction of the balls themselves by building up the chakra inside of them.

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-A watery supra-cannonball!!

-A life-threatening shot straight at the enemy!!

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-The number of bullets is determined while kneading chakra!

-Watery cannonballs are propelled from the Toad Boss' huge mouth. Their dimensions are extremely large in scale, akin to those of a small cliff!! By taking advantage of gravity, they brutally increase in power!!

A jutsu used by Gaara while in the process of transforming into his perfect form. He shapes the sand composing his arms into countless shuriken, and he swings them both! Taking advantage of that formidable centrifugal force, the fired blades of sand change into biting, dangerous weapons!
The caster creates and fires an uninterrupted succession of sand rounds, tearing everything in sight to pieces as they wildly fly about... Before this fierce attack, closing in on the caster is pure foolishness, and even fleeing is equally unfeasible.

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-The sharp blades of sand fly wildly, as an emission that splits apart the air!!

-Those blades Gaara launches are his hatred and killing intent...!!

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-Strange, dangerous weapons appear on the surface of his arms... His uncannily strong arms gives them furious speed. The solidified sand rounds eclipse even steel with their might!!

A jutsu where he applies a technique of forced sleepiness upon himself, while simultaneously having his chakra merge with the Shukaku's own, becoming one with it in body and mind!! Freed from its spiritual medium's control, Shukaku draws upon its inherently massive reserves of chakra to rampage as its destructive instinct dictates!!

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-Now to set free the soul of the evil monster that dwells inside!!

-Awaken the demon within!

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-This technique demands that the spiritual medium be ready to surrender their personality to the Shukaku! The moment it's activated, the cheerful tanuki monster is released, and proceeds to show its face.

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Exhausted by the Shukaku, it's very easy for the spiritual medium to fall into insomnia, for fear of having their personality consumed during their sleep. As the sleeplessness persists, their spirit will grow weak and their personality unstable. Such is the reason for Gaara's eye markings and psychotic behavior.

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-A spiritual medium plagued by insomnia.

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-A spirit medium from the moment he was born, Gaara has been burdened by insomnia since childhood, which caused him to grow increasingly unbalanced.

*"Tanuki Neiri" (Racoon's sleep) is Japanese for "fake sleepiness", but in this context it takes a double meaning, hence the repetition.

Slinging stones at people, using one's arms as whips... The thing is, those rocks are bones. Hardened finger bones. Moreover, since a spinning motion is added to the skeletal bullets, a direct hit will whittle and excavate skin and flesh, of course, but even bones as well. This jutsu is essential to Kimimaro for his long distance attacks.

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-A light-stepped, benign dance for a furious assault!!

-Fired from the ten fingers, the lightning-fast projectiles will tear through flesh and blood!!

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-The fingertips are parted into gaping holes from within which the bone projectiles are sticking out. Their great might is made crystal-clear by an ear-splitting sound.

*Wanton punning is not enough. The "teshi" pronunciation of the word 十指 (ten fingers) is completely made up. And as far as I can tell, it doesn't even mean anything.

The power of Shikotsumyaku concentrated in a single point. For a heavy price in chakra, one obtains the strongest of spears, an item of absolute sturdiness. It is the crystallization of the blood and skill of a clan who'd worked slaughter into its finest art.
Ultimate or not, this destructive power means nothing if the blow does not connect with the enemy. Therefore, a special two-step move consists in using "Tsuru" (Vine) to impede them if only for a moment, after which "Hana" (Flower) serves to infallibly deal the killing blow!!

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-The spear that boasts a solidity absolute. Its destructiveness is a power bestowed by the God of Battle.

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-Thrusting out the bones, then shaping them into a spear.

-An overly large bone spear, its hardness taken to the highest possible degree through compression and condensation. Handling it is not even worth considering without the physique that comes with Stage 2.

*The Kanji for "Tessenka" may be read as "Iron Wire Blossom". Interestingly enough, this is actually the proper way to write "Clematis".

Kimimaro enters Stage 2 and paints this masterpiece of slaughtering technique on the battlefield. Tessenka no Mai is a dance that beckons certain death, a dance of demise. Tsuru attacks, bending and twisting the spinal column like a veritable whip. Even if the prey was to survive its pressure somehow, another reason to despair awaits them next...

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-The howl of this vine extensible and retractile at will is the introduction to a hellish symphony.

-Towards demise, towards death, towards destruction

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-In Stage 2, the alterations to Kimimaro's appearance are as sudden and drastic as they are terrible. Because of his tail, his spinal column is terrifyingly extensive.

-The cartilage between the bones is elastic, which allows it the flexibility of a whip. As the distance to which it expands from it's holder's hand cannot be predicted, it is extremely difficult to avoid.

Drawing a Bone Pulse-created blade of bone, and unleashing a disorderly succession of stabs at a blinding speed...! Fast enough to leave after-images that make it appear as a multitude of hands and swords. Besides, the randomness of the moves makes them very difficult to predict.
It is virtually impossible to durably avoid this relentless, savage assault no matter one's reflexiveness and mobility. The first second of inattention will be the last, as the coup de grace comes with a stab or a strike, bleeding you dry and signing your death sentence.

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-The blade of bone enters a disorderly rampage, each stab creating as many red blossoms!!

-Growing flowers of blood so that he may live!

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-By Dances standards this one seems relatively simple, but this is something only Kimimaro can do!!

-The blade's trajectory may be changed at will with each strike! The attacks are coming from unexpected angles, making for dangerously confused defensive reactions...!

Amidst the insight and hypnosis possessed by Sharingan, is a supreme genjutsu, born from the aforementioned hypnosis: Tsukuyomi. Originally, people on the face of the Earth live bound by limitations like time, gravity, and space; and how people exert their abilities within those restrictions is what separates the victors from the vanquished. But in the mental world where the caster drags their opponent, the Tsukuyomi jutsu gives them control over those very limitations!

Namely, this means inside the genjutsu, the physical world's common sense is completely irrelevant and opposing the caster is impossible. Somebody caught into the Tsukuyomi find themselves into a strange world of infinity, their fate entirely lying inside the caster's hands. Some time, they will undergo the torments of Hell, and some other time, they will be repeatedly shown a horrendous, hellish picture of agony and mayhem*, with no idea of when either of those will end. As a result, the poor prisoner can only wait until the collapse of their psyches...!! Even a body made of iron or the speed of light are powerless before this jutsu, which is the reason why it is feared as the most powerful.

Sharingan is the Kekkei Genkai of the clan labeled as the most powerful, the Uchiha clan. Even among those who have Sharingan, that jutsu cannot be operated without having Mangekyou, which is its culminating point. Concurrently, the only ones who can defeat Tsukuyomi are Sharingan possessors... And even then, exclusively the elite shinobi who have reached particularly high degrees of skillfulness. Once could say this is truly a God-given jutsu solely allowed to those blessed with Uchiha blood and prodigious aptitudes.

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-An inner hell as eternal as Heaven and Earth. The grip held onto the principles of all creation thoroughly annihilates one's heart and soul!!

-The ultimate doujutsu made possible only by Mangekyou Sharingan.

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-The moment the adversary is exposed to Mangekyou Sharingan, a strange realm as they've never seen before extends before their eyes. In there, the world's principles themselves obey the caster's beck and call.

-Since attacks in the spiritual realm have no power to physically wound or kill, it bestows an unfathomable amount of mental damage.

-Only those of Uchiha blood... Does it mean only Sasuke has a chance to break a Tsukuyomi?

-The phenomena that happen inside of the mental realm are entirely the caster's to command. Which is to say, the images shown or the actions taken can be changed according to the opponent in order to yield maximum efficiency.

*阿鼻叫喚 (abikyoukan) translates as "agonizing cries", or "pandemonium". It's also a specific name for a couple of hellish realms in Buddhism. Try Wikipedia or Onmark Productions for better info.

A body slam where one spins at a high speed, thus augmenting power and perforating force to an uncanny maximum*. Since this is a solo instance of the Gatsuuga ("Double Traveling Fang"), as it's called, it is characterized by an even greater attack speed potential. It was apparently incomplete during the Chuunin exam, but since then training has improved it into a death-dealing "fang".

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-An attack of fulminating savagery is unleashed, akin to the crushing fangs of a gigantic beast!

-The roar the fanged beast!!

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-Including a spin to this simple charge earns it a perforating power that drills even through stone. For a direct impact however, there's a need to anticipate the enemy's movements, as the trajectory is somewhat linear.

*貫通 (kantsuu)="pierce, perforate". 通力 (tsuuriki)="mysterious power". Japanese text says 貫通力. The furigana pronunciation (kantsuuryoku) suggests there is no pun, but hey! This is Kishi-sensei writing, right here! So...

All of her body's "outrageous strength" is concentrated into her heel. Her stance crystallizes the body's dynamics in a magnificent demonstration of the art of hand to hand combat. And when her heel swings downward, it's as if a comet had fallen!! Nothing and no one could receive a direct hit and avoid pulverization.

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-The heel swung down in anger makes the ground rumble in kind with an ultra-hard smackdown!!

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-The remainder of the impact smashed not only the ground, but the nearby rampart into tiny bits...!!

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It would seem Tsunade's "outrageous strength" completely ignores the laws of nature!! The challenge to common sense that is her power is due in no small part to her artful chakra control and fine-tuning. To give things a name, by instantly collecting chakra into her fist and fingers, she obtains a power of destruction bodily strength alone cannot achieve.

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-Here's to a painful and bitter end! Such is Tsunade-hime's insane, "Legendary", power!!

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-One finger, and Naruto cannot close in on her. And she can handle Gamabunta's huge dosu** with absurd ease...?!

-The kind of might that opens craters into the ground in one blow!!

*Another instance of Kishi's favorite Kanji-Swapping no jutsu. Written normally, "tsuuten" means "painful point",which probably has to do with acupuncture or something. Off went the "point", in came "heaven". I added "surgical" to keep in the idea of an extremely accurate, devastating blow.
**A short blade typical of yakuza.

A highly concentrated acidic paste is suddenly released from the mouth! The acid boasts such high density and concentration it dilutes even stone, vaporizing it! There are no setup moves to do before this jutsu's activation. Thanks to this one can easily strike, catching the enemy unawares, which has the advantage of denying them any opportunity to dodge.

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-Thawing, dissolving and melting* into nothingness, the rain of strong acid causes everything to fade away.

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-The acidic rain is spilled out all of a sudden, with a timing that won't even allow for anticipation! All things it touches will melt away, losing their shapes once and for all (tn: confusing sentence: I don't know if I got it 100% right).

*In Japanese, "tokashi, tokashi, tokashi", written each time with a different Kanji.

Headline: The genius Uchiha clan, praised with the words: "In Konoha, we have the Uchiha" keeps the village safe with its Fire. The tale of their rise and fall is recorded here.

<Prosperity>
Caption: Konoha's guardians, taking care of public order

Text: They are the highly proud clan entrusted with the village's public order, and have been protecting it constantly, since the dawning of Konoha. The Uchiha clan. The Land of Fire is one among the Five Great Shinobi Countries. Playing the part as its military force, is the strongest hidden village, endowed with a large number of elite ninja army corps: the Hidden village of Konoha. Saying that the current Konoha's prosperity was brought about by the presence within it of the Uchiha - those people with first-rate abilities - more than everything else would definitely not be an exaggeration.

Comment: The clan has been maintaining peace in the village of Konoha...

<Family Crest>
Caption: The heart of "those who have the fan to govern Fire with".

Text: Upon arriving into the district traditionally inhabited by the Uchiha, one can see the Uchiha family crest. Representing "those who have the fan* to govern Fire with", it displays the pride of those who have been using their Fire to safeguard the village generation after generation. Therefore, the shinobi of the clan are acknowledged as adults for the first time when they become capable of handling Katon ninjutsu.

Comments: Upon arriving where they live, one can see their family crest (tn: I'm not sure I got this one right).

Text: The Konoha Military Police Corps was organized and established by the Uchiha clan's predecessors. Inside of this organization for the oversight of crimes committed by shinobi, is Squad #1, the strongest of all, and proud of it. Pretty much all of those who belong into it are from the top tiers of the clan. They dedicate the skills they have honed to perfection to the sake of public order.

Comments: The headquarters of the Military Police Squad established by the Uchiha's ancestors.

Squad #1, where the Uchiha elite were enlisted were the object of the young boy's admiration.

<Sharingan>
Caption: The doujutsu only this clan can awaken to!

Text: Even within the clan, the lineage this Kekkei Genkai exclusively manifests itself in is a mere fraction. It harbors an insight that encompasses and fathoms all the principles behind Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and genjutsu, as well as a powerful hypnotic power. Above it, is the Mangekyou Sharingan, which has manifested itself in a barely a handful of people throughout history.

Comment: Everyone in the Military Police's Squad #1 has achieved Sharingan.

<The End>
Caption: Sorrowful memories of destruction

Text: Their demise occurs suddenly. At the hands of one person: Uchiha Itachi, an outstanding talent ever since his childhood days. Upon "this day", the highly honorable clan which proudly walks alongside Konoha in prosperity is now labeled as the "clan of tragedy".

Comments: In the basement of the Nakano shrine, lie the secrets of the Sharingan.

The memories of their demise forever remain within the young boy.

*This is probably common knowledge, but うちは (uchiha) is an alteration of the word 団扇 (uchiwa) which translates as "fan".

Re: Gottheim's Databook II translations

First, thanks. I was about to ask for Shodai's genjutsu, so yeah. It's pretty interesting. I wonder if he could catch someone like Madara with that.

I'd like to request page 205 (Sarutobi's fire jutsu), page 237 (Nidaime's water jutsu), and page 251 (The page with examples of Tsunade's super strength). It seems to explain quite a lot about her super strength, and she doesn't have many jutsu besides that, so yeah...

Re: Gottheim's Databook II translations

The Tsunade page didn't explain that much, actually. Half of the page is about a superpowered heel kick, the rest says what everyone already knows about chakra control and stuff. I also took care of your other two requests.

Re: Gottheim's Databook II translations

Hello, Gottheim. Thank you very much for doing these translations. I was wondering, if you would not mind, if you would post a translation of the pages on the first three Hokage and also the entry on Sandaime's jutsu-cancelling jutsu. (If you don't feel like translating all three Hokage's pages, that is fine; anything that you are able to do would be sufficient. )

Re: Gottheim's Databook II translations

Can you translate page 269? Bijuu jutsu are awesome.

Originally Posted by Tsukisama

Hello, Gottheim. Thank you very much for doing these translations. I was wondering, if you would not mind, if you would post a translation of the pages on the first three Hokage and also the entry on Sandaime's jutsu-cancelling jutsu. (If you don't feel like translating all three Hokage's pages, that is fine; anything that you are able to do would be sufficient. )

The DB2 profiles of the first three hokage have all been translated. ShounenSuki translated the profiles of the Shodai and Nidaime hokage, and the translation for the Sandaime is... Well, I can't find it at the moment, but I know it has been translated.

I'm pretty sure the Sandaime's jutsu-cancelling technique isn't in any DB. Well, I haven't found it.

Re: Gottheim's Databook II translations

Thank you for the link for the first two Hokage, Shodan. (If you happen to have a link for Sandaime, that would be lovely. )

For Sandaime's jutsu-cancelling jutsu, I am referring to the jutsu that he uses to stop Orochimaru's summoning of the third coffin. I had heard that the jutsu was discussed in the 2nd databook. If not, then that is fine.

Re: Gottheim's Databook II translations

Added the Tsukuyomi entry. Probably someone else already translated it, I didn't check. But now there's my translation too.
Put in a few additions.
The new batch of fresh translations has arrived, ladies and gentlemen! Enjoy!
New translations, fresh out of the oven!

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